REU/RET Site: Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota

REU/RET 站点：明尼苏达大学物理与天文学

• 批准号: 1757388
• 负责人: Alex Kamenev
• 金额: $ 35.93万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-05-01 至 2021-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757388&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; RET; Site; Physics; Astronomy

This award supports the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The site will engage ten undergraduates per year in summer research projects. Each student works in a research group to make the transition from mastering old knowledge to participating in the creation of new knowledge. As described in the National Academy of Sciences report Rising Above the Gathering Storm, the national need for trained scientists and engineers is expected to increase dramatically in the coming years. Classroom instruction is an important component of a scientific education, but the primary way of preparing the next generation of research scientists is by having them perform scientific research as enabled through this site.In addition to participating in frontier research, the participants attend weekly research seminars given by faculty members, tour the Ash River NOvA Neutrino Detector in northen Minnesota to see an example of big science performed outside of a single university laboratory and take ethics and safety training. Undergraduate research topics include projects in Condensed Matter Physics, Particle Physics, Biophysics, High Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology, Space and Planetary Physics, and Astronomy and Astrophysics. At the conclusion of the summer program, participants describe their results through oral presentations to their peers, in poster presentations, and through a written report. This award is supported by the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Programs in the Division of Physics and the Division of Astronomical Sciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该奖项支持明尼苏达大学双城分校物理和天文学本科生研究体验 (REU) 网站。 该网站每年将吸引十名本科生参与夏季研究项目。 每个学生都在一个研究小组中工作，实现从掌握旧知识到参与创造新知识的转变。正如美国国家科学院报告《崛起风暴之上》所述，未来几年，国家对训练有素的科学家和工程师的需求预计将急剧增加。 课堂教学是科学教育的重要组成部分，但培养下一代研究科学家的主要方法是让他们通过本网站进行科学研究。除了参与前沿研究外，参与者还参加每周的研究研讨会在教职人员的指导下，参观明尼苏达州北部的阿什河 NOvA 中微子探测器，观看在单个大学实验室之外进行的大科学示例，并接受道德和安全培训。 本科研究主题包括凝聚态物理、粒子物理、生物物理学、高能天体物理学和宇宙学、空间和行星物理学、天文学和天体物理学等项目。 在夏季项目结束时，参与者通过向同行进行口头演示、海报展示和书面报告来描述他们的结果。 该奖项得到物理系和天文科学系本科生研究经验项目的支持。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Multimessenger constraints on the neutron-star equation of state and the Hubble constant

中子星状态方程和哈勃常数的多信使约束

• DOI: 10.1126/science.abb4317
• 发表时间: 2020-10-21
• 期刊: Science
• 影响因子: 56.9
• 作者: T. Dietrich;M. Coughlin;P. T. Pang;M. Bulla;J. Heinzel;Lina Issa;I. Tews;S. Antier
• 通讯作者: S. Antier

Gaia, Trumpler 16, and Eta Carinae

盖亚、特朗普勒 16 号和船底座埃塔

• DOI: 10.3847/2515-5172/aad63c
• 发表时间: 2018-08-01
• 期刊: Research Notes of the AAS
• 作者: K. Davidson;Greta Helmel;R. Humphreys
• 通讯作者: R. Humphreys